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Belgian living in #Scotland. Opinions = mine.

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
So, finally, a PM who admits there **was** Russian interference in the Brexit Referendum — after all the evidence amassed by myself @carolecadwalla.bsky.social @lukeharding1968.bsky.social Sergei Cristo, J Patrick et al — dismissed as conspiracy for ten long years Truth is the daughter of Time
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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 09/10/2026
She fought apartheid, defended Nelson Mandela, and helped change how the world prosecutes sexual violence. Today, at 85, Navi Pillay was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. What an extraordinary woman. 💜 #SheShed #VivaHerAlliance
Navi Pillay smiling in a red and gold academic gown and black hat, seated at a table signing a book.
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Darby ✨ 💙💛 @darby72.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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ME Association @meassociation.org.uk · 05/10/2026
The HERITAGE study needs people with lived experience of ME/CFS or Long Covid. Complete 5 surveys over 12 months to share your experiences and help shape better care and support. Join: heritage.leeds.ac.uk/join
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Adam @abrokenbattery.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
My #MECFS Scandal explainer has just hit half a million views on YouTube. I remember worrying that 27 minutes was too long and nobody would watch it. I never expected it to get so many. Thank you to everyone who shared it! Here’s the trailer 👇
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Alem Matthees @alemmatthees.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Scary facts in #DecodeME presentation (Ponting): Stigmatised illness. Symptoms not always believed. 75% of people with #ME/CFS say they have little or no access to healthcare. One in four patients are housebound or bedbound. Across Europe, it takes nearly seven years on average to get a diagnosis.
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Decoding ME: ME/CFS genetics and biomarker studies with Professor Chris Ponting, 24 September, 2026
YouTube video by ME Support
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Queen of Clubs, 1909, by Margaret Macdonald, Art Nouveau pioneer and Glasgow School Artist #WomensArt
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 02/10/2026
Burnham opens door to 'Breturn,' UK's return to EU
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Burnham opens door to 'Breturn,' UK's return to EU
The Labor prime minister spoke of the economic benefits of rejoining the EU, but Brussels remains highly cautious. The terms under which London could reintegrate into the European fold remain unclear.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Abandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George Monbiot
Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
@davetuller1.bsky.social, a great champion of patients, interviewed me about the massive, ongoing scandal of the neglect, abuse and mistreatment of people with ME/CFS www.youtube.com/watch?v=Maae...
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Interview with George Monbiot about Guardian column on ME/CFS
YouTube video by David M Tuller
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wlamin.bsky.social @wlamin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Thank you for your fab article. Saw this too late. Still want to share the following: I have an ME/CFS relapse after 10y & my Edinburgh based GP prescribed GET & CBT … when I challenged her & said the GET approach was debunked, she asked me where I had heard that & referred me to her NICE guidelines
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
2024: Labour's Keir Starmer, "I firmly believe that the British public want... to make Brexit work" 2026: Labour's Andy Burnham, "Brexit has done more harm than good.. We need higher growth and prosperity for Britain"
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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Andy Burnham finally telling it how it is on Brexit is a welcome dose of truth. Admitting leaving the EU ruined our global standing, wrecked the economy, and left us with zero control is long overdue. Why did it take political leaders ten years to state the obvious? (1/2) 🤔 #FBPE
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Burnham vows to seek new ‘long-term’ relationship with EU in emotional Labour conference speech
PM also confirms plan to end pensions triple lock to pay for national care service and pledges to put electoral reform in Labour’s manifesto
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The UK has no strategic food reserves, imports more than 40 percent of its food, and grows most of the rest in parts of the country most prone to serious drought in the years and decades to come We are not - to say the least -in a good place www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Most of UK’s essential food supply grown in drought-risk areas, report warns
Keys crops such as cereals, potatoes, sugar and oils grown in areas with moderate to very high risk
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wlamin.bsky.social @wlamin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
What a phenomenal story about the “Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, named for the woman who became NASA’s first chief of astronomy and the first woman to hold an executive job at the agency”. #NASA #telescope #astronomy #space
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Mark Urban @markurban.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Britain enters the space warfare business - just as its dependence on satellites has never been higher markurban.substack.com/p/britain-en...
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Britain Enters The Space Arms Race
While growing ever more dependent on orbiting infrastructure
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The Register @theregister.com · 26/09/2026
Space Jam: UK debuts space squadron to protect satellites
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Space Jam: UK debuts space squadron to protect satellites
Number III Space Effects Squadron likely to use electronic warfare rather than lobbing missiles at hostile orbiting threats
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Alan Day (Kilsally) @kilsally.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Rogue AI agents leave insurers facing dilemma over liability
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Rogue AI agents leave insurers facing dilemma over liability
Insurance companies are weighing up the risk of providing policies to cover the damage caused by AI cyberattacks
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New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
"The public doesn’t understand how much we rely on space as a domain of warfare"
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'Most nations are starting to talk about space as a domain of warfare'
Security expert Mark Hilborne talks to us about space warfare - and how it could be the deciding factor in the Russia-Ukraine conflict
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
New polling showing Edinburgh taking five of the top ten UK seats with highest support for rejoining the EU highlights Scotland’s unwavering European commitment. Dragged out of the single market against our will, voters demand our rights restored. Why delay our return? (1/2) 🤔 #FBPE
edinburghnews.scotsman.com
Capital shows among strongest support for rejoining European Union
EU membership most popular option across the UK, but especially in Scotland
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wlamin.bsky.social @wlamin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Britain's future relationship with Europe is being debated in Parliament on 12th October. I've just asked my MP to attend. Will you ask yours? www.europeanmovement.co.uk/contact-mp-a...
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Ask your MP to stand up for our future in Europe
On 12 October, Parliament will debate the UK's future relationship with Europe, after a government petition got over 100,000 signatures. Will you write to your MP to ask them to attend the debate?
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I quite like the Belgian approach to capping political donations
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wlamin.bsky.social @wlamin.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I live here in #Edinburgh and it’s horrendous ! #5G #5GEdinburgh
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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
National Grid energy bosses warning that rejoining the EU internal electricity market is "absolutely essential" to lower bills exposes another colossal Brexit cost. Severing seamless cross-border power trading forced households to pay higher prices. When will ministers act? 🤔 #FBPE
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Action for ME @actionforme.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
📢 Register for the PRIME International Symposium! Explore emerging ME/CFS research with researchers, clinicians & people with lived experience. 🗓️ 28 Sept, 9am–29 Sept, 2pm 📍 Edinburgh & online. Register & more info: www.actionforme.org.uk/register-for...
Graphic for the PRIME research project, promoting the International Symposium which takes place in-person and online on 28th-29th September 2026. Graphic includes text about the event and a QR Code in bottom right to register interest.
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ME/CFS Science @mecfsscience.org · 30/08/2026
1) 🇳🇱 In the Netherlands, ME/CFS patient and advocate Anil Van Der Zee was appointed Knight in the Order of Orange-Nassau. It's an recognition of his outstanding contribution to society, a very high honour.
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wlamin.bsky.social @wlamin.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Wow, @anilvanderzee.bsky.social ! This is tearing me up. Been following you for years. Congratulations !
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wlamin.bsky.social @wlamin.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Heart breaking! 💔 I have an ME/CFS relapse and my Edinburgh ( so Lothian) based GP told me I should do graded exercises. This is 2026! Told her that was debunked but she didn’t believe me.
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EuroWalks in Scotland @eurowalksscotland.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
If you’re in Edinburgh this weekend soaking up the Festivals or the Fringe, why not wander off the beaten path with one of our EuroWalks? They’re a fun way to explore the city and uncover the surprising European stories hidden in its streets, people and places. Find out more at www.eurowalks.scot
Calton Hill in the sunPortuguese cannonInformation board about the Port of Leith and its trade with Continental Europe and the trading countries of the BalticAdam Smith's grave with wrought iron fencing
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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 24/08/2026
We've arrived on Bluesky! We hope you will follow along as we share inspiring, motivational and exciting content about the achievements and individuals that have been awarded a Nobel Prize. Stay tuned.
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wlamin.bsky.social @wlamin.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Scotland vs England wrt water companies 👇🏽 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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From Scotland, I look at England’s water privatisation disaster. I wish you had done what we did | Devi Sridhar
Listening to debate, you’d think bringing English water companies into public ownership was a radical socialist idea. Here, we call it common sense, says chair of global public health at the Universit...
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
As Britain swelters through another heatwave, few people will have heard that ministers have quietly dropped plans for solar carports. Cars cooler in summer. Shelter from the rain in winter. Clean electricity all year round. A missed opportunity?
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As Britain bakes, ministers quietly park plans for solar carports
Ministers have quietly shelved plans that could have transformed Britain's biggest car parks into shaded power stations
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HCSS - The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies @hcss.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
A group of military and security leaders, including HCSS experts Richard Nugee, Laura Birkman & Tom Middendorp, urges Europe to treat clean energy as a security priority. Dependence on fossil fuels is a serious vulnerability.
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NATO Faces Call to Invest in Clean Fuel to Cut Russian Reliance
A group of military veterans and defense experts urged European leaders to boost support for green fuels ahead of their summit in Brussels.
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wlamin.bsky.social @wlamin.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Congratulations @edinburghminute.com !
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
In case you forgot ... If Starmer sticks to his Brexit red lines, then he's doing exactly the same thing as Corbyn did whe he also lost heavily in the local elections. For 10 years now, it seems that Labour's only reaction to historical losses is to double down on their "Make Brexit Work" mantra.
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fravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
"Scotland" by palette knife painter Georgia Hart
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
The victory of the opposition in Hungary yesterday, like the Polish election in 2023, is a victory for democracy, not just in Europe but around the world.
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Forbes @forbes.com · 11/04/2026
The first American leader of the Catholic Church has fiercely criticized the war in Iran, deepening tensions between the United States and the Vatican.
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‘Enough Of War,’ Pope Leo XIV Says In Latest Condemnation Of U.S.-Iran Conflict
The first American leader of the Catholic Church has fiercely criticized the war in Iran, deepening tensions between the United States and the Vatican.
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JourneyDude in Scotland @scottishinsider.org · 05/04/2026
Spreading love and kindness in these times is more important than ever, so we did free hugs on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile 💛 Strangers, smiles and a little bit of courage. If you need a bit of kindness today, watch my new video! 👇 Please help and share it #kindness #scotland #hug youtu.be/nEy_uoXS2Mk
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When Strangers Realise They Deserve Love Too (Free Hugs in Edinburgh)
YouTube video by JourneyDude in Scotland
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Marietje Schaake @marietjeschaake.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Thread from former US Ambassador to NATO @ivodaalder.bsky.social ↘️
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Marietje Schaake @marietjeschaake.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Why the Vatican is at war with Maga (and tech moguls like Peter Thiel) ↘️ giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Why the Vatican is at war with Maga
Trump and Peter Thiel have managed to unite the disparate factions of the Catholic Church against an earthly enemy
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Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai @lorenzofb.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
NEW: CERT-EU accused cybercrime gang TeamPCP of being behind the recent European Commission hack. It also accused ShinyHunters of being behind the leak of the stolen data, which was around 92 gigabytes, and contained full names, email addresses, and some email content.
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Europe’s cyber agency blames hacking gangs for massive data breach and leak | TechCrunch
CERT-EU blamed the cybercrime group TeamPCP for the recent hack on the European Commission, and said the notorious ShinyHunters gang was responsible for leaking the stolen data online.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.” These are the words of the president of the United States, today. The president speaks genocide. And so we too must speak. Not only about crimes, but about their legal punishment. snyder.substack.com/p/the-presid...
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The president speaks genocide
The words, the law, the future
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Some thoughts about the President of the United States speaking about ending a civilization. The president speaks genocide. Anyone who has been involved in that conversation or associated actions would be complicit. And so we too must speak. Not only about crimes, but about their legal punishment.
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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Why are we still sending the King to meet a man who insisted just yesterday he would wage genocide on an entire civilisation?
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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 05/04/2026
“I believe it is time to explore concepts like the universal basic income (UBI), also known as ‘the negative income tax’: an unconditional flat payment to all citizens, which could be dispersed through the tax system.” — Pope Francis, in the final section of his book Let Us Dream Happy Easter! 🥚
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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
🚨 Christina Koch has officially become the farthest any woman has ever traveled from Earth
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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Thenational Scot: UK's vague post-Brexit rules on chemicals are now clear. Here's why they're dangerous www.thenational.scot/news/2591585...
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UK's vague post-Brexit rules on chemicals are now clear. Here's why they're dangerous
FROM toothpaste to toys, all of us are in contact with industrially made chemicals every day. We literally can’t live without them ...
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Futurescot @futurescot.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
📣 Cyber Security 2026 📣 A key session is Sector Deep-Dive: Protecting Health, Local Government and Critical National Infrastructure. 🗓 Tuesday, 24th February 2026 📍 Technology & Innovation Centre, Glasgow 🌐 hubs.la/Q041vwhh0 #FSCyber
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